Water Quality Investigations
Water Quality Programs
Great web resources providing watershed maps, GIS data, water quality data, case studies, and more:
Fieldscope-- a new tool developed by National Geographic that gives students access to interactive watershed maps and geospatial data and interaction with a central repository of data. Using Fieldscope, students can also upload their own field data—including water quality measurements, field notes, and photos—and compare it to data from peers and professional scientists.
Eyes on the Bay--real time and historical water quality data for the Patuxent River at Jug Bay
Jug Bay Data from the NERR Centralized Data Management Office (Click on "Railroad" and select nutrients or water chemistry
Chesapeake Bay Interpretive Buoy System CBIBS (NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office)
Ecocheck--water quality report card for Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries
Estuaries 101 web-based curriculum (pdf files):
Dissolved Oxygen in an Estuary
Materials for Field Measurements
Water Chemistry
Stream Assessment
(KISSES--Keep It Simple Stream Study)